Japan scrambles jets after first-ever Chinese military aircraft breach of airspace
Japan’s Defense Ministry has confirmed the first recorded intrusion of Japanese airspace by a Chinese military aircraft. On Monday, a Chinese Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane...
Boeing awarded contract to enhance KC-46A multi-mission capability
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $16.8 million contract for KC-46A software and data enhancements that will further advance the mission readiness...
Japan, the UK and Italy formally establish joint body to develop new advanced fighter jet
Japan, the UK, and Italy have formed a joint entity to develop an advanced fighter jet amid rising threats from China, Russia, and North...
Japanese Black Hawk army helicopter goes missing with 10 on board
A Japanese military helicopter disappeared from radar tracking after leaving a Ground Self Defence Force base on Miyakojima on the Okinawa Prefecture.The Japanese army...
Japan orders two more Boeing KC-46A tankers
Japan Air Self-Defense Force now slated for six multi-mission KC-46A tankers with two already delivered
Growing global fleet of Pegasus aerial refuelers increasing...
Japan Ground Self Defense Force expands its Textron Aviation Special Missions King Air 350 fleet
Textron Aviation announced today it recently delivered a Beechcraft King Air 350i aircraft equipped with multiple special mission modifications to Japcon Incorporated. The modifications...
First Boeing KC-46 Tanker for Japan takes flight
First KC-46 for an international customer completes successful first flight
Japan Air Self-Defense Force scheduled to receive tanker this yearThe first Boeing KC-46...
Bell Boeing delivers first V-22 Osprey to Japan
Japan becomes the first international operator with V-22 capabilities
Bell Boeing delivered the first V-22 Osprey to Camp Kisarazu in Japan on July 10. The...
The Japanese Air Self-Defence Force is selling one of its two Boeing 747-400s
The Japanese Ministry of Defence has decided to sell the oldest of its two Boeing 747-400 for a little more than 25 million euros....
Japanese F-35 fighter disappears from radar
Japanese Defense Ministry sources say an Air Self-Defense Force F35A fighter jet disappeared from radar at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 9 April, Japan time.The...
Boeing on contract for second Japan KC-46 Tanker
The U.S. Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s second Boeing KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS)...
Boeing receives contract for Japan KC-46 tanker
Japan Air Self-Defense Force becomes first international KC-46 customerThrough the Foreign Military Sale process, the U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $279 million...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Brussels, with Japanese Air Force One and Two
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Brussels on the 21st of March, as the EU aims to close a free trade deal with...